The Fellow Network

We collaborate with a group of Founding Academic and Business Fellows who bring their knowledge and expertise to solve business-relevant challenges, and provide their insights to the research process and for the center’s partner companies

Hosting Founding Fellows

CDBG operates as an independent unit within Aalto School of Business, Department of Information and Service Management (ISM)


Matti Rossi

Chair, CDBG

Professor, Head of ISM

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Hadi Ghanbari

Assistant Professor

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Niina Mallat

Staff Researcher

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Esko Penttinen

Associate Professor




Jukka Salonen

Professor of Practice

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Eeva Vilkkumaa

Associate Professor

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Founding Academic Fellows

Leading researchers who translate rigorous academic work into executive-ready insights.


Nils Fonstad

Academic Research Fellow, MIT CISR

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Ola Henfridsson

Professor, University of Miami


Kalle Lyytinen

Professor, Case Western Reserve University

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Munir Mandiwalla

Professor, University of South Florida

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Elena Parmiggiani

Associate Professor, NTNU


Petri Parvinen

Professor, University, of Helsinki

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Carsten Sørensen

Professor, Copenhagen Business School

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Henry Tirri

Executive in Residence, Aalto

Founding Business Fellows

Senior industry leaders who validate research, share real-world data, and co-shape the research agenda.


Sonia Boije​​

Chief Data Officer at nbn


Alvaro Garrido​

COO Technology and Operations & Chief Security, Data and AI Officer, Standard Chartered​


Joseph Edwin​

Senior Partner, Bain & Company

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Carmen Ene​

CEO, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT

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Mikko Leinonen

Head of COO Office, SEB


Heikki Lempinen

CEO, Reima


Mikael Skov Mikkelsen

Partner, Head of Technology Transformation, PwC Consulting

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Petri Nikkilä

CEO of Openbank & Global Head of Consumer Finance Santander

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Sanni Seppälä

Director, CGI


Petri Tuomola

Group Head of Architecture and Data/AI Platform, DBS Bank

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